A wealthy uncle from America has named the widowed shoemaker Emil Rogge as his sole heir and bequeathed him a chest containing his entire fortune. However, the will includes a clause stipulating that the chest may only be opened after a three-month period, and Rogge will only inherit the fortune if he fulfills two conditions within that time: he must abstain from alcohol at work, and he must find and marry a wife. A con man then tries to seduce Rogge and arrange for his accomplice, the sophisticated Olga, to marry him. But in the end, Rogge not only finds the right woman but also experiences a major surprise.
Eugenie Draxler, Rentnerin
Fritz Kremmelbein, Friseur
Emil Rogge, Schuhmachermeister
Trude, Lehmanns Tochter
Hermann
Gustav Lehmann
Frau Tübbecke
Gretel
Piesecke
Olga Hannemann
Fräulein Klingmüller
Mann bei Frau Tübbecke
Gast beim Ball
Gast beim Ball
Max Plepper alias Max Schönfeld, Hochstapler
Tänzer beim Ball
Kriminalbeamter
Bühnenarbeiter
Mieterin in Rogges Wohnhaus
Kremmelbeins Gehilfe
Polizeikommissar
Laienschauspieler
Frau Tübbecke, Gastwirtin
Gast bei Frau Tübbecke
Schulze, Mitglied der Theatertruppe
Frau Köhler
Eine junge Frau
Dr. Born, Rechtsanwalt und Notar
Lotte Jähnisch, Näherin
Pasemann, Schneidermeister
Frau Zinshahn, Rogges Vermieterin